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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

Volksraad Building in Batavia, internal affairs under the name of Landstaten to replace Volksraad, which
c.1935.
could only provide recommendations.
(Source: KITLV 4226)
Later on June 30, 1920, the Herzieningscommissie report was submitted
to the government. In the report, amendments regarding the Volksraad
were proposed. The content of the draft included joint rights to determine
budgets, the right to propose amendments in drawing up laws, the right
to defend the Dutch East Indies’ interests in the Netherlands by send-
ing delegations to the country, the right to participate in appointing a
member of the Raad van Indie, the right to propose to the government
a candidate for Rekenkamer chairman (Auditing Council), interpellation
rights, and polling rights.

Between 1918–1921, the Volksraad was composed of parties such as
Nederlandsch-Indische Vrijzinnige Bond (NIVB), Christelijke Ethische Par-
tij (CEP), Indische Katholieke Partij (IKP), and Indische Sociaal-Democ-
ratische Partij (ISDP) with multiracial members. Representatives from
NIVB, which included five Europeans and five Indonesians, became the

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